Huda's Salon

Name: Huda's Salon
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 2021
Duration: 88 min

Director: Hany Abu-Assad

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Highlights

World premiered at Toronto International Film Festival
Helmed by the Academy Award nominee and the Golden Globe-winning director Hany Abu-Assad.
One of the largest pan-Arab film productions.
Headlined by a star-studded cast with international films: Ali Suliman (The Looming Tower, Paradise Now, Chronicals of a Disappearance), and Maisa Abd Elhadi ((3000 Nights, The Reports on Sarah and Salim, and The Worthy).
The film is inspired by real life events that also contain contradictions and battles between betrayal and loyalty.
A feminist thriller.

2021/ Palestine - Egypt - Netherlands - Qatar88 min / Drama, Thriller

Original Title

Saloon Huda

SYNOPSIS

Based on real events, Huda’s Salon is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. Nadia, a young mother married to a jealous man, goes to Huda’s salon in Bethlehem, for a haircut and an attentive ear. But this ordinary visit turns sour when Huda, after having put Nadia in a shameful situation, blackmails her to have her work for the secret service of the occupiers, and thus betray her people.

CAST

Ali Suliman
Samer Bisharat
Maisa Abd Elhadi
Manal Awad

CREW

Screenwriter: Hany Abu-Assad
DOP: Ehab Assal
Peter Flinckenberg
Editor: Eyas Salman

Production Company(ies)

H&A Production
Lagoonie Film Production
Film Clinic
MAD Solutions
Key Films

Producer(s)

Mohamed Hefzy
Hany Abu-Assad
Amira Diab

Toronto International Film Festival, Canada

Red Sea Film Festival, KSA

Reviews

Lovia Gyarkye- Hollywood Reporter

Wendy Ide-Screendaily

Carlos Aguilar-The Playlist

Quotes

“The conversation, shot in an impressive continuous take and teeming with warmth, underscores the similarities between Reem and Huda, two sharp women with firm convictions.” Lovia Gyarkye - Hollywood Reporter

“Hany Abu-Assad’s latest is a brisk and efficient thriller.” Wendy Ide - Screendaily

“Hany Abu-Assad’s blistering new film “Huda’s Salon,” a fearless statement on gender oppression shaped as an edge-of-your-seat thriller.” Carlos Aguilar - The Playlist